Patterson Fruit Farm

Last week my littlest guy turned two (I’m sorry, didn’t we JUST bring him home from the hospital?!). We racked our brains to come up with a suitable way to celebrate his birthday and ended up spending the afternoon at nearby Patterson Fruit Farm. You see, our little guy absolutely LOVES to be outside. Mention that you want to go for a walk and he’ll be off in a flash, returning holding his shoes. So the fruit farm, and their Family Fun Fest, was the perfect plan to make him happy for a day.

Along with plenty of cake, of course.

If you’ve never been to Patterson Fruit Farm, then you should abandon all plans for a day and take the kids on a field trip. There is some beautiful weather in our Cleveland forecast this week and it’s also the last week of the Family Fun Fest(through the 28th). I can’t think of a better way to savor a beautiful fall day.

During the week it’s $4 a person (2 and under free) and that includes a wagon ride out to the enormous play ground. There’s a wide variety of things for kids to enjoy – they can play in the hay stacks, climb the tree house in the woods and slide down the 50 foot double slide, wander through the corn maze and take a wonderful nature hike through the ravines and hills of Geauga County.

If you’ve lived in the Cleveland area for any length of time, you probably already know about this gem, but I wanted to mention it for anyone who may not be familiar with it. They also have a Farm Market, of course – full of goodies like maple syrup, apple cider and freshly prepared pies and donuts.

And now I’m hungry. Great.

Needless to say, we really enjoyed our visit – we hadn’t been in quite awhile and it was the first time my husband had a chance to go with us.